"I saw things differently because up until then I had just a French mentality and after that I could pick what was positive in other mentalities and build my own."

He recalls winning the game against Charlton comfortably before meeting then Chelsea stars Didier Drogba and Florent Malouda, and having a photo with them, helped convince him that he wanted to be a professional footballer.

Mbappe enjoys his first training session as a PSG player (Image: Getty Images Europe)

Mbappe and Neymar will be a lethal partnership in Ligue 1 (Image: Getty Images Europe)

He said: "An idea has been reinforced since I was a kid - not just because I went to Chelsea.

"I always thought: 'I want to be there, I want to be one of those big players who is trying to give people fun out of the game'.

"And I have given everything to reach that objective.

"Now I am on the other side of the camera, on the other side of the TV. That's the only difference."

Later Real Madrid, Manchester City, Bayern Munich and Liverpool would all come knocking, before he chose Monaco at the age of 15.

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Having signed his first professional contract with the principality club he matured into a 26-goal striker last season as he helped Monaco land the Ligue 1 title and reach the Champions League semi-finals, leading to a call from PSG which he found too tempting to turn down.

Mbappe officially arrived at the Parc des Princes on Wednesday on loan from Monaco with a deal in place for him to make the move permanent next summer for £166m.